‘Most wanted’ app could allow public to turn detective in Cambridgeshire

The faces of the most wanted criminals in Cambridgeshire are set to appear on a phone or tablet app which also gives residents the chance to turn detective.

The ‘Facewatch ID’ app can be downloaded on many portable devices and offers the user the ability to scroll through photographs and identify individuals.

Hertfordshire police are already using the device and the Cambridgeshire chief constable Simon Parr is in talks with the company over launching it in his force area.

Facewatch has provided the system for free to Hertfordshire, which will see intelligence officers upload the images themselves, depicting people who are sought in connection with an active investigation.